Lightning Is the Only Way

None of the Kings were sure how to even react to this current situation. The Red King supported Gravis' claim of power? Yet, how was that even possible!? He was a level three Lord!

None of the Kings dared to say anything and just waited for the Empress' judgment on this matter.

Meanwhile, the Empress looked at the Red King and then at Gravis.

WHOOOM!

Her pride came out of her body and concentrated entirely on Gravis. None of the other beasts, except the white ape, noticed what the Empress was doing. The pride washed over Gravis with more power than before, but he had already experienced this. Without waiting another second, he released his Will-Aura to withstand the feeling of pride.

Yet, the feeling was many times stronger than before, and Gravis had to use the entirety of his concentration to keep his Will-Aura steady. His Will-Aura deformed into multiple shapes as the pride pressed into it.

Some seconds later, the feeling of pride became even more powerful, and Gravis had to grit his teeth. He wasn't willing to admit her superiority and accept her as his ruler.

The other beasts looked at Gravis and wondered why he looked so distressed right now. What was going on with him?

The power increased more, but just before Gravis' Will-Aura broke, it vanished. Of course, Gravis knew why that was. The Empress was only testing him.

After all of this had passed, the Empress showed an interested smirk. To her, it was incredibly interesting that a Lord was able to withstand so much of her pressure. She realized that Gravis had some peculiar techniques and powers. After all, the other Kings didn't even notice her pride, while he was able to withstand it. Of course, she hadn't used her full power.

your name?" she

only asked the names of beasts she found worthy. She didn't even bother to learn the names of the Kings

directly with some spite in his voice. Withstanding the Empress' pressure felt to him like she

was even ready to show

Gravis hadn't called the Empress as Empress and even sounded like a rebellious prisoner. Not even the beasts that were ready to die dared to be disrespectful towards the Empress. The feeling of the Empress' power gave

It had been a while since someone had talked to her that way. Usually, she would just kill the offending beast. After all, if someone dared to disrespect her,

level or above her level also acted like this, but they were Emperors. It was wholly different when a Lord

To him, it felt like the Empress' power had

was just that when she spoke his name, his emotions and body finally realized that an impossibly powerful beast had taken note of him.

one of the seven beasts beside you to be your opponent," the Empress said. "If you win, you will become my

to prove themselves. Yet, when they remembered that Gravis would be able to fight three levels above himself, they understood the Empress'

fight one of the level five Lords after that. These level four Lords aren't even a challenge," Gravis said evenly like

said that

on the line like that felt kind of not-worth-it.

to understand a new Law yet, but he

was more powerful than ever before when compared to his Realm. With this more powerful Will-Aura,

only level five Lords that were a genuine challenge were these incredible candidates. As soon as he killed one of them, he wouldn't

would be able to fight a King when he would reach the power of a level five

already hard to believe that he could kill a powerful participant

bit confused as she realized that Gravis wasn't ready to learn a new Law. Just like the Red King, the Empress was also able to tell when someone was about to